Must be nice. All we've got is Piper's charmspeak, and that just made the eidolons angry.
[ through the whole conversation, there's been a low thrum of restlessness coming from leo. not unusual, with the way he never stops moving, but it's a little louder than normal. there's a quick pulse of uncertainty before leo continues: ]
Hey, um - I wanted to ask you something, actually. Nothing to do with ghosts, though.
A life for a life? In the abstract, or in a specific case?
[His confusion and curiosity only grows, hearing that.]
. . . I think it's a bit trite. People who have been hurt will always want vengeance, and I can't pretend I have been different in that regard. But it is no trade. Death won't undo what has already happened.
[There's a little spike of grief and anger there, but.]
I did want to kill the person who did that to him. But there's a difference between what I want and what I think is justice. I don't believe vengeance is justice. Used to, but not for a while now.
Anyway, Caiman is dead, and I don't feel happy about it, or satisfied.
Kind of. It was like - whether I felt that way, or if I could stop someone else from doing it, when it could mean destruction? Something about... acknowledging when we've made mistakes, and moving on instead of holding onto the resentment of it, I guess.
Mm. Well. . . that isn't so bad. Though I don't, uhm, think I would care to hear any lectures from these places that also harm us and use our loved ones against us.
...Yeah. Yeah, fuck that. I mean - I think part of it made sense, but they really didn’t have to do it like that. And I still don’t know why it had to be you, either.
[Well, it doesn't seem to surprise him that it was him; it doesn't seem like Leo would have asked him all of those questions if it was someone else. It is a little sweet, though.]
. . . Yeah, I wouldn't try to tell you to trade lives for lives? Or whatever it is I did. You're doing okay how you are?
And I very much appreciate that, because I would have had to tell you to fuck off if you did. I don’t think it’s wrong to try to get some payback, or whatever, but… not when it means more people have to die.
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Okay, how about that one? [ throws dart it's luigi's mansion, why not. ] As long as you're not scared of ghosts.
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[They are not scary.]
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[ through the whole conversation, there's been a low thrum of restlessness coming from leo. not unusual, with the way he never stops moving, but it's a little louder than normal. there's a quick pulse of uncertainty before leo continues: ]
Hey, um - I wanted to ask you something, actually. Nothing to do with ghosts, though.
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Of course.
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[His confusion and curiosity only grows, hearing that.]
. . . I think it's a bit trite. People who have been hurt will always want vengeance, and I can't pretend I have been different in that regard. But it is no trade. Death won't undo what has already happened.
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...What about in Molly's case?
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I did want to kill the person who did that to him. But there's a difference between what I want and what I think is justice. I don't believe vengeance is justice. Used to, but not for a while now.
Anyway, Caiman is dead, and I don't feel happy about it, or satisfied.
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Right. Yeah. Um... Sorry to bring that up, I know it's... not easy.
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[It's upsetting, but he doesn't seem angered or bothered by it being brought up.]
I don't mind talking about this. But why are you asking?
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[ with a wince, he admits: ] They might have mentioned Molly.
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Whether you would take one?
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Especially when they start out by trying to kill you.
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Well, you know. It was a test. We were supposed to figure it out on our own. The stupid saint didn't even warn us what it would be.
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...Yeah. Yeah, fuck that. I mean - I think part of it made sense, but they really didn’t have to do it like that. And I still don’t know why it had to be you, either.
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. . . Yeah, I wouldn't try to tell you to trade lives for lives? Or whatever it is I did. You're doing okay how you are?
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